National Journey of the Relic of Saint Francis Xavier

As part of the Year of Grace, the Church in Australia has organised a pilgrimage of a relic of Saint Francis Xavier, a former patron saint of Australia during mission times. Saint Francis Xavier was a student of Ignatius of Loyola...

The Catholic Diocese of Wollongong opened its doors at John Therry Catholic High School, Rosemeadow, on Saturday 26 May with well over two and a half thousand people marvelling at how much there was to see and do. There were over one hundred stalls, many sessions...

For several years the Australian Bishops have been reflecting on how they might refocus their lives on Jesus Christ, both in their prayer and their daily activities, and how they might invite the whole Catholic Church in Australia to join them in this task.

Pastoral recommendations for the Year of Faith are to be published by the Vatican. The note, prepared by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), is dated 6 January 2012, the Feast of the Epiphany, and was to be circulated in full on 7 January.